The file widget allows editors to upload a file or select an existing one from the media library. The path to the file will be saved to the field as a string.

• Name: file
• UI: file picker button opens media gallery
• Data type: file path string

• Options:

  • default: accepts a file path string; defaults to null

  • media_library: media library settings to apply when a media library is opened by the current widget

    • allow_multiple: (default: true) when set to false, prevents multiple selection for any media library extension, but must be supported by the extension in use
    • config: a configuration object that will be passed directly to the media library being used - available options are determined by the library
    • media_folder (Beta): file path where uploaded files will be saved specific to this control. Paths can be relative to a collection folder (e.g. files will add the file to a sub-folder in the collection folder) or absolute with reference to the base of the repo which needs to begin with / (e.g /static/files will save uploaded files to the static folder in a sub folder named files)
    • choose_url: (default: true) when set to false, the “Insert from URL” button will be hidden

• Example:

  - label: "Manual PDF"
    name: "manual_pdf"
    widget: "file"
    default: "/uploads/general-manual.pdf"
    media_library:
      config:
        multiple: true